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Torture
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Justice Department Closes Investigation of Interrogation Deaths
Unable to secure evidence that would sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt, charges resulting the death of two men who were killed during US interrogation will be dropped.
Gagged on Torture: Gitmo Lawyers Silenced Ahead of 9/11 Hearings
Attorneys for inmates at Guantanamo Bay say they've been banned from bringing up the subject of torture in court.
The Children Are Still Dying: Violence is Not News
Ramzy Baroud discusses how, in the face of war, it is the children who face the most painful loss.
Official Statement by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange From the Ecuadorian Embassy
“The US administration's war on whistle-blowers must end.”
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Poland Peels Back Layers on Secret CIA Prison for Suspected Terrorists
Years later, we are finally learning the details surrounding the villa in Stare Kiejkuty, where the CIA once interrogated Al Qaida suspects in northern Poland
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Fight Over Closing of Illinois Supermax Ends 14 Years of Prisoners’ Silence in Solitary Confinement
The story of Tamms Correctional Center is the story of what may be the last throes of the supermax movement, and what a campaign against torture accomplished in less …
Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad: How Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life
After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests …
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US Walks Back Terrorist Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy
Today's geopolitical interventions to extract power on behalf of the Western nations has established a perpetual war for perpetual peace.
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Let Chicago’s Anti-Torture Resolution Inspire Your Own City
In June 2012, the Illinois Coalition Against Torture (ICAT) produced a